Chapter 303 - 187: Measuring Fields and Repairing Bridges
When Tini Bazus and his wife arrived at Samoras’s house, the Samoras couple had already tidied up their house and yard perfectly, much better than their own home.
In contrast, Sistos, as one of the many blacksmiths in the Supply Camp, also participated in the matchmaking event that day. Although the women in the rebel army were well aware of his disgraceful history of defection and looked down on him, he was a blacksmith, a respected profession in any tribe in the region. Moreover, he was tall and strong, so Skodisqi women and Segestica women, unaware of his past, naturally favored him.
After being single for forty years with high standards, Sistos finally got his wish by choosing a fair-skinned and beautiful young woman from Segestica.
When the tribe subsequently assigned him a house, his dissatisfaction with the rebel army completely dissipated.
But now he somewhat regretted it; it was true what they said: delicate women are not suited for work.
In fact, the woman he chose was the daughter of a deceased clan leader of the Wallis Tribe, and the household chores were always done by slaves. So the moment she entered the room, she sat on the polished bed plank, shaking her head at everything Sistos gestured for her to do.
No choice, the decision made by a man must be carried through, even with tears... So Sistos tirelessly cleaned the entire house alone.
Of course, among the blacksmiths, not many were as unlucky as him. The happiest ones were Pessianaxis and his son.
His son, Pasipidas, joined the rebel army because he received excellent treatment at the Medical Camp after being seriously injured, during which he fell in love with the nurse Luxina who took good care of him. Eventually, they successfully became a couple.
His father, Pessianaxis, although older, also had several women choose him due to his status as a blacksmith. Considering his son, he eventually married a middle-aged woman from the Skodisqi.
The tribe, considering their father-son relationship, assigned their houses near each other, and Pessianaxis, with his wife, first went to his son’s home to help arrange the house.
The four of them worked while chatting and laughing, lively and harmonious.